c93c4aea9e16b46e7d5534c7c499d2a7 "I CAME TO LAGOS 52 YEARS AGO, IN A FRUITS TRUCK" DR Rafiu Ladipo

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"I CAME TO LAGOS 52 YEARS AGO, IN A FRUITS TRUCK" DR Rafiu Ladipo


 

President General of The Nigerian Football Supporters Club and accomplished Maritime practitioner

Dr Rafiu Ladipo is a man you can read like a book.

While recieving the STAR OF FAME PLAQUE of The Great lagosians Hall of Fame, in his office recently he told the large number of guests who came to the induction ceremony how ne sojourned to lagos in a fruits truck way back in 1970.

"After my secondary education in Ibadan, my father packaged me along with others to start a new life in Lagos"

According to him the truck landed at a fruit market in mushin called Olosan in musin from where he was handed over to his uncle in ilasamaja where he stated his life as a lagosian.

" From my uncle's parlour i got a job as a motor boy in one of the CFAO susidiaries loading and following trailers from the Lagos seaport to deliver goods to different parts of the country"

This sparked off a festival of activities which saw him through several maritime concerns catapulting him to the zenith of the industry when he became Managing Director of a shipping company after which he established his own Clearing and forwarding business.

Dr Ladipo while working acquired knowledge about insurance going as far as the United States of America to obtain a doctorate degree.

Perhaps the most remarkable of his achievements in lagos was joining the supporters club in 1976 and playing a pivotal role in transforming the football fans club into an enviable Nigerian brand that glamorized the game of football in the world

in his acceptance speech, he thanked the Great Lagosians Hall of Fame for inducting him and thereby dedicated the STAR OF FAME PLAQUE to the entire members of the Nigerian Football Supporters Club who according to him were instrumental to his myriad of achievements in the city of Lagos.











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